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Golden Swallow (1968)
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Golden Swallow (1968)
Original name: 金燕子
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she is forced into violence when a figure from her mysterious past goes on a killing rampage while leaving evidence that holds her responsible. Golden Swallow also makes room for a love triangle involving a mad, but righteous, swordsman named Silver Roc and a gentle warrior named Golden Whip. The three team up to conquer the evil forces of the martial world, but their joint venture only lasts so long, due to the two men's egos. Ultimately, a duel to the death is planned between them, leaving Golden Swallow caught between two men, both of whom she admires.
Style: grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, spaghetti western, cult film
Plot: martial arts, wuxia, kung fu, medieval, love triangle, strong female lead, sword, revenge, swordplay, heroes, investigation, murder, battles, gory, vengeance, rivalry, danger, sword fight, swordsman, blood, swashbuckler, child killed, child murder, kung fu classic, dead boy ...
Time: 60s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, exciting, stylized and suspenseful films with plots about martial arts, kung fu, heroes, rivalry, master warrior, wuxia and danger mostly in Action, Adventure and Drama genres. Some movies like Golden Swallow: One-Armed Swordsman (1967), Executioners from Shaolin (1977), Brothers Five (1970), The Dead Lands (2014), The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The notorious “One-Armed Swordsman” who has spent the last two years retired from the martial world as a simple farmer with his wife. Of course this idyllic life is about to be sliced to ribbons by Chang’s wicked imagination. He concocts a ...
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, offbeat
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Place: asia, china
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One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 115 min.
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Executioners from Shaolin (1977)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, but the boy's father is killed by the evil eunuch Pai Mei. Disguised as a girl, his mom trains him in crane style while he secretly learns tiger ...
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Place: asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Brothers Five (1970)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The 5 Kao brothers, separated since childhood, are unaware that the master Teng Lung Manor, Lung Chen-feng has killed their father. All five, however, seek to defeat the vicious gangsters at the Manor.
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The Dead Lands (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
Plot: heroes, against the odds, survival, vengeance, danger, rivalry, youth, medieval, gory, master warrior, battles, martial arts ...
Place: new zealand, oceania
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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to ...
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Time: year 1978, 18th century
Place: china, asia
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The Sword of Swords (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
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The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)
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Duration: 86 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 105 min.
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47%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: Hong Kong
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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